Note: see also Medical Malpractice category. One of the legislative changes that many states need to enact is to require a minimum amount of insurance for all medical professionals, hospitals and nursing homes. It appears to me that the states are going to catch up fast with these nursing homes that
Note: see also category Head & Brain Injuries. Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal…
Note: see mass transit category for many rail industry articles. This article discusses railroad worker long term diesel exhaust fume lung disorders, as well as medical studies relating to…
Note: see also Automobile Accident category. A recall was recently done of the Evenflo Embrace infant car seat/carriers made before April 8, 2006. This involves over 450,000 bad infant car seats with faulty handles. If you or your family has experienced and injury as a result of this defective produ
A driver of a Honda Element hit a pedestrian and kept driving on Friday morning. The pedestrian accident happened on U.S. 276. Police investigators knew they were looking for a Honda Element after…
Diesel exhaust fumes health and safety issues have been pushed to the forefront of health news by passage of new U.S. governmental regulations pertaining to railroad locomotive engines and other…
The author has been exploring health and safety issues relating to diesel exhaust fume asthma and pollution and personal health and safety, especially in the railroad industry In reviewing several…
Have you stopped to ask yourself what do humorous cavemen in the modern world have to do with how you decide to go with one insurance company over another? What do funny cavemen have to do with…
A yogurt recall has been issued for Stonyfield Farm’s Organic Fat-free Blueberry Yogurt in six ounce containers. The company has received reports of small fragments of glass or plastic being found…
By: Rick Shapiro, Attorney Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton Law Firm focus on Federal Regulations and Railroad. Historical Knowledge of Health Dangers. There is a growing body of evidence that long-term railroad worker exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can lead to a condition called diesel asthma; a
This article discusses railroad worker long term diesel exhaust fume lung disorders, as well as medical studies relating to diesel fume lung diseases and lung cancers, and another related article in this series covers new federal regulations that are clamping down on excessive railroad locomotive en
A tractor-trailer driving on Greenville Boulevard had a fuel tank punctured by a steel rod. The puncture caused the fuel tank to leak, spilling over 30 gallons of diesel fuel on the road. The trucking accident happened near 10th Street. Some of the fuel spilled into the Tar River. “We were able to g